Improvement in cutter-bodies



J. SHIRE.

CUTTER-BODIES.

No.177,430. Patented May16,1876.

".PETERQ, PHOTO'LITNOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON, D .C.

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFIGE JOHN SHIRE, OF'DETROIT, MICHIGAN:

IMPROVEMENT IN CUTTER-BODIES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. [77,430, dated May 16,1876; application filed November 9, 1875.

To all whom it may concern: v

Be it known that I, JOHN SHIRE, of Detroit, in the county of Wayne andState of'Michigan, have invented an Improvement in Swell- Body Outters,of which the following is a specification The nature of my inventionrelates to an improvement in the construction of swell-body cutters orsleighs, and has for its object to prevent the body from opening at theback or corner-joints, which has heretofore been one of the greatestobjections to this style of body; and it consists in the peculiarconstruction of the arm-belt, as more fully hereinafter set forth.

Figure l is a perspective view of my improved cutter-body. Fig. 2 is aperspective view of one-half of the arm-belt.

In the drawing, A A represent the longitudinal back-frames of aswell-body cutter, connected at the rear and top ends by the back-pieceA. B is the back-panel, and G is the side-panel, above which is thearm-belt D,

bent from a single piece of timber, and extending from the dash backfarenough to overlap the back-frame A of its side, preferably to the middleof the girt A, Where it will join the other belt. Before bending it issplit by sawing from the back end-as far as the front end of thearm-panel E. The outer part is halved on the back-frame A, to whichit'is secured by a wood-screw, a, and the back end is secured to thegirt A by a screw, a, besides glui t up the whole. The inner part of thebe abuts against the back-frame, and the spar between the two parts (thesaw-kerf) IGCBlVf the edges of the side and arm panels. Ti back of thebody is finished by a bent arn rail, F, in the usual manner.

If desired, the back ends of the belt nee not meet, but a piece may beinserted to (i out the space between the ends, which willei able thebuilder to bend the belt from a na rower plank; but in all cases theends of ti belt'pieces must overlap the back-frames.

Greatdifficulty has heretofore been exp rienced from the backcorner-joints giving wa and opening under the shrinkage of the tin herand changes of temperature, causing a1 noyance and expense topurchasersv of th style of body, which I have overcome by mal ing thearm-belt overlap the back-frame whereby any tendency of the joints toope would be overcome by the tensile resistam of the belt.

What I claim as my inven -ion is The arm-belts D, when extended tooverla the back-frames A of a swell-body cutter, sul stan'tially as andfor the purposeset forth.

' JOHN SHIRE.

Witnesses:

H. F. EBERTS, EDWARD BARTHEL.

